TAM 251: Introductory Solid Mechanics

General Info	Grades	Formal Assessment	Contact Info
Website	TAM 2XX Policies	Discussions	Office Hours
Course Description	Grading		Quiz Review
Prerequisites			Online Forum
Reference Texts

Website:

The official class website is http://courses.engr.illinois.edu/tam251/

Description:

Relationship between internal stresses and deformations produced by external forces acting on deformable bodies, and design principles based on mechanics of solids: normal stresses, shear stresses, and deformations produced by tensile, compressive, torsional, and bending loading of members; beam deflections; elastic energy and impact; multi-dimensional stress states; buckling of columns.

Big Idea:

Solid materials deform and break. The extrinsic relation of force and displacement is governed by intrinsic material measures of stress and strain. The challenge is to connect the extrinsic to the intrinsic.

Prerequisites:

TAM 210 or TAM 211.

Reference Texts:

There is no required textbook for this class. However, theses texts are very useful

• R. C. Hibbeler, Mechanics of Materials, 9th edition, Pearson, Prentice Hall, 2014.
• F. B. Beer, E. R. Johnston, J. T. DeWolf, and D. F. Mazurek, Mechanics of Materials, 7th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2015.
• R. R. Craig, Mechanics of Materials, 3rd edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2011.

TAM 2XX Policies:

General TAM 2XX course policies may be found at: http://mechref.engr.illinois.edu/pol/policies.html

Grading:

The total score for the course is computed with the following weights:

 

Discussion Sections:

The discussion section schedule is listed below. All discussion sections will be held via Zoom. Each TA & CA has his or her own discussion room. Links to the discussion rooms are provided below. CA names are italicized.

	Monday	Tuesday	Thursday
9-10			ADC Matt Max
10-11			ADD Shab Max Lewis
11-12			ADE Shab Christina Julia
12-1	AD1 Yue Anka Lewis
1-2	AD2 Yue Julia Lewis
2-3	AD3 Junehu Julia	AD7 Yue Max Christina
3-4	AD4 Junehu Julia Suhaib	AD8 Bingyang Anka Suhaib
4-5	AD5 Bingyang Lewis Christina	AD9 Bingyang Anka Suhaib
5-6	AD6 Junehu Anka

 

Office Hours:

TA & CA office hours will be conducted over Zoom according to the schedule below. Each TA & CA has his or her own office hour room. Links to these rooms are provided below.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
3-4					Anka 3:30-4:30
4-5	Suhaib			Suhaib
5-6	Shab Christina	Bingyang Julia	Matt	Junehu Max	Yue
6-7	Shab Christina Lewis	Bingyang Julia Max	Matt Julia	Junehu Max	Yue
7-8	Lewis	Bingyang Max	Matt Julia	Junehu	Yue

Prof. Hilgenfeldt's office hours are held virtually online Monday 10am-12:00pm. You must make an appointment beforehand using this link.

Dr. Chang's office hours are held virtually online Monday/Wednesday 2-3pm. You must make an appointment beforehand using this link.

 

Quiz Review:

Due to the current nature of virtual course delivery, there will be no quiz review sessions for the remainder of the semester.

 

Online Forum (Piazza):

TAs and CAs are scheduled to monitor Piazza on the following days:

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Matt	Shab Max	Jaekwang Christina	Yue Julia	Junehu Lewis	Anka	Bingyang Suhaib